New Report: “Democrats are bullish about Gov. Maura Healey’s reelection chances”

New Report: “Democrats are bullish about Gov. Maura Healey’s reelection chances”

This morning, Politico’s Massachusetts Playbook reported on a new memo from the Democratic Governors Association showing “eighteen months out from Election Day, Democrats are bullish about Gov. Maura Healey’s reelection chances in deep-blue Massachusetts.” The memo outlines how Gov. Healey’s record of delivering for Massachusetts and standing up to the Trump administration has earned the strong approval of voters – and put her in a commanding position in her re-election campaign.

Read the memo here.

Politico’s Massachusetts Playbook: No blue state blues here

• INTERNAL SURVEY SAYS — Eighteen months out from Election Day, Democrats are bullish about Gov. Maura Healey’s reelection chances in deep-blue Massachusetts, per a memo from the Democratic Governors Association.

• A poll paid for by Healey’s campaign, and detailed in the memo obtained by Massachusetts Playbook, shows the first-term Democrat with a 59 percent job approval rating, a record high for Healey since taking office. The memo also says the poll showed Healey with “more than a 20-point lead” over her one declared challenger, Republican hopeful Mike Kennealy. […]

• There’s also the Trump factor: The president has dominated plenty of news cycles here since he swept back into office in January. He’s still pretty unpopular in bluest of blue Massachusetts, per the Healey poll: 61 percent of voters view him unfavorably, and 63 percent believe his policies are hurting the state’s economy, according to the memo. Healey’s been capitalizing on that sentiment, reprising a role from her days in the AG’s office as one of the president’s loudest critics.

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